The Ultimate Fat-Burning Diet Plan

"To lose weight, you need to eat less and exercise more."

I'm sure you've heard that one before. You may have even tried it. But very few people can keep with this kind of program, and when they do, they end up cranky, tired, and hungry all the time. Fortunately, you can get into great shape with a fat burning diet plan that doesn't make you feel any of these things.

It's All About the Hormones

The reason people get fatter is not because they are eating too much and exercising too little (although it is part of the problem). The main issue is that they are suffering from hormonal imbalances that cause them to not feel full when eating, accumulate fat, and burn muscle for energy. Scientific studies are showing more and more that this is the result of three hormones: insulin, leptin, and cortisol.

It goes something like this: your body becomes resistant to leptin, which is hormone that causes your brain to recognize you are full, then you become resistant to insulin, which causes levels of this hormone to skyrocket in your body, storing fat away in your tissues as a result, and then you get high levels of cortisol, which wastes away your muscles and contributes to insulin levels. Before you know it, you are losing muscle and gaining fat 24/7.

The Solution

The way out of this vicious cycle is not to simply count calories, but to get your hormones back to a place where your body is in a healthy state, keeping fat levels down and promoting muscle growth. How does that sound?

To do this, you need to first eat the kind of diet that humans have been thriving on for as long as possible. Namely, lots of meat and vegetables, and a little bit of eggs, fruit, nuts, and seeds thrown in for good measure. Favor whole, natural, and unprocessed foods over heavily processed and refined foods. This type of diet has been found to reduce insulin levels and restore leptin sensitivity.

Add in an exercise program that emphasizes compound movements and full body workouts. Doing plenty of deadlifts, cleans, presses, pull ups, dips, push ups, planks, walking, jogging, and sprinting will cause your body to secrete anabolic growth hormones, putting on lean muscle mass instead of fat.

Lastly, you'll want to keep your stress levels down by getting plenty of sleep, avoiding stressful situations, and making time to do the things you really love in life. This will bring cortisol levels down, which will promote more muscle growth and fat loss.

The Ultimate Fat-Burning Diet Plan

This simple blueprint will allow you to get to a lean, strong, and attractive body composition without starving yourself or spending all your free time at the gym.

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